Digitisation of historic film and video from the archives.
By Joshua Curley, Digitisation Officer Late last year a project began at the GLAMx Lab to completely digitise, document and eventually make public an entire collection of one program from within the NBN Television Archive. That program was Country Report and it is now available to the public eye. Country Report was a half hour … More Country Report – An NBN Television Archive Production
By Stephen Miller Stephen is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts at the UON. During Semester 1, 2018 he undertook a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement in the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab digitising part of the NBN Television audio-visual footage. Stephen’s knowledge of rail and transport of the region has been invaluable in identifying … More THE HISTORY OF RAIL SERVICES IN THE HUNTER VALLEY
Media Production Television students where tasked with assisting with the archival process of digitalising old NBN Television shows. … More NBN Television Archive Report- Communication student project
The Sands of Yellow Rock A Kingcroft Production Filmed in the Wollombi Brook Catchment of the Hunter Valley of N.S.W., Australia. Featuring the work of the HUNTER VALLEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION This film is inscribed to the memory of the Pioneers of the Wollombi Their Faith, Courage and Tenacity still live in the spirit of research. … More The Sands of Yellow Rock (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ybYnpJHKo This film honours the work of Zihni Buzo (OAM), civil engineer who worked on the Oaky River Dam, NSW in the 1950s. Interview was conducted at Armidale on 15 August 1998 for the Institution of Engineers Newcastle Division Oral History Program. Filmed and narrated by Zihni Buzo, interviewed and directed by Judy Lindsay. … More The Dam that Zihni Built
HERITAGE OF THE WOLLOMBI (2009) This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. In 2009 a community gathering and public lecture event was organised by Garry Jones and the Wollombi Valley Arts Council Inc., to raise awareness in the local community about the importance … More Aboriginal Heritage of Mount Yengo and the Wollombi Valley
“We Live In This Valley” (1962) The 1962 documentary feature by Douglass Baglin “We Live In This Valley” was recently unearthed by Peter Smith and Greg & Sylvia Ray. In addition, its (until recently) lost outtake reels, have now also been digitised by the University of Newcastle (Australia) and available freely online. Who Made … More The “We Live In This Valley” (1962) Film Archive
Very interesting film made for the The Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd in 1960. It is digitised from a 16mm film reel that is in relatively poor condition, hence the quality of the film. It was digitised in April 2014 for the University of Newcastle’s Cultural Collections (Auchmuty Library) Australia. Title: Valley of the … More Valley of the Hunter River (1960)
Story of a City – Newcastle 1945 from bob cook on Vimeo. This is a real treasured snapshot in film of Newcastle in 1945. Thanks to Marcus Westbury for posting it on his Facebook page. See a number of other videos of historical interest to Newcastle and the Region on Bob Cook’s Vimeo site, … More Newcastle in 1945
Fish Feeder (aka Fish Charmer) (1939) https://www.britishpathe.com/video/fish-feeder-aka-fish-charmer-issue-title-is-one/ Description: Part of issue ONE FOR THE ROAD. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Issue Date: 04/05/1939. Various shots of disabled man on crutches, Mr. Laskey, being helped into sea from pier. Mr. Laskey holds a loaf of bread beneath the water, soon a shoal of small fish surround him, nibbling … More Newcastle and related newsreels from British Pathe